Taliban man shot police as they slept

An Afghan policeman turned his rifle on his colleagues at a checkpoint in southern Helmand province, killing 11 of them before fleeing the scene, officials said yesterday.

A police source told the BBC that an infiltrator from the Taliban had allowed militants into the police station in the regional capital of Lashkar Gah last night.

Bloodied corpses of the policemen were strewn around the checkpoint, many of them shot from close range, witnesses said, in a setback for Afghan forces before what is expected to be another fierce spring fighting season.

According to Umar Zwak, spokesman for the provincial governor, the attack took place in the provincial capital city, Lashkargah.

The Taliban militants, using firearms and grenades, seized police weapons and ammunition during the attack on Tuesday. He then collected all their firearms and fled the scene.

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